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Mag-break ta: Gitik-Gitik Dyutay...(Let's have a break. A LittleTickling) A Short Visayan Joke

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One of the tests that I do to see if the learner has enough knowledge and understanding of Cebuano is to give a simple joke in Visayan....

One of the tests that I do to see if the learner has enough knowledge and understanding of Cebuano is to give a simple joke in Visayan. If he can appreciate the joke and find it funny, then I am confident that he can survive living in a Cebuano-speaking place.

Some of the words need translation in this joke: Here is the translation:

Grandfather: Grandchild, go hide because your teacher is here. You were absent from school.

Grandchild: Grandpa, go hide too because I told her I was absent because you died.

In Bisaya, many grandparent-grandchild jokes have been created. This shows a cultural side of Filipinos. Filipinos generally have close family ties. And grandparents generally watch over kids especially when parents are in absentia.